The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-24

the hallway, and oh my God, what 8
siGhtl Men, women and children actet
perfectly wild, and did not know which
way to 20. : Women walled like ma
MACS and rushed pell nell for thf
stairway, and in every direction, thE
smoke was almost suffocating. I can.
not remember anything about how
got cut; think came down the stair
way.
TIE INJURED
The following are the injured at the
Emergency hospital:
Edward Wheelan Of Newburg. badly
burned about the hands and feet.
VIM. j. Makay, Niagara Falls; feet,
back and arms burned.
Perry Davis, New York; hands and
fest injured.
II. B. Lmith, Syracuse; face, hands
and feet burned.
At the Sisters hospital-all being
very seriously injured:
Mary Nolan, badly burned about the
body and may not recover.
Maggie Manbrach, seriously burned
about the body, face and hands.
Man named Nichols, very seriously
injured.
Fannie Harvey, seriously injured.
At Fitch hospital:
Frederick K. Moore, Cleveland; Sc
verely injured about the face, hands
and feet.
william A. Haven, Helena, Mon
tana; burned about the hands, feet and
face, and Is suffering from shock.
Chief engineer of the Norther Pa
ton, Pa, serious burns about the face,
hands and feet, and is in dangerous
condition.
Henry B. Rumsey, New York; burns
all over the body.
C. NJ. Dubois, Syracuse; is severely
burned all over the body.
Jacob Kohn, New York; badly in
jured by jumping from the fourth floor.
His back is broke and one leg, and is
also burned about the head, arms and
body.
May White, burned about the face
and arms.
At the general hospital:
Matthew Shannon, slightly in
jured.
Clinton Bidwell, burned in the
face.
Nellie welch, face and hands
burned.
Mrs. Kate Pierce, slightly burned.
BRAVE ENGINEER.
James Mcclure, night engineer at the
postofice, got into the hotel soon after
bL4C ukC OlOAO OGS anu ooNCA q A1StL
who was coming down the stairs In
his night clothes, who was
Frustrated by flames and smoke. After
getting him out he returned and tried
to rescue young girl from room Oh
the third floor, but she was lost in the
fire. Mc5uire said: sit was terrible
to hear her cries. For some reason
she could not open the door. and was
unable to break it in. Finally was
driven away by the fire and smoke
and had to leave her to her fate.
could only tell from the voice, but
supposed she was young girl any
where from ten to fifteen years old.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
r. H. Humes occupied . room on the
third floor. He was awakened by the
electric bells, and arousing several
people on the same floor jumped
through a window to the kitchen roof.
There everything was in flames. After
bidding goodbye to several others
on the same roof he made
rush for the Eagle street
door, going through the kitchen sky
light and out through the flames and
escaped. He left five persons on the
kitchen roof, and thinks they must all
have persisted, as they did not attempt
to follow him through the flames.
The body of a woman, horribly
burned and clothed only in a wrapper,
was taken from Wahles' basement.
Her brains were oozing from frac-
ture in the skull. TO the list of
dead must undoubtedly be added
the name of Mark Osborn.
HEAVY LOSS OF DIAMONDS.
Day Clerk Whitaker reports large
amount of diamonds in the hotel last
night. B. F. Robinson, and Lambert
& Co., had stock valued at $50. 900,
deposited in the safe. Adler had in
another considerable stock, but the
amount is not known.
THE INSURANCE.
The hotel building and st. James
hall were insured for $50, GOO, which
covers the loss to Library association:
Stafford g. Co.'s loss SIS, 600, insurance
S34, 500; Fuller s. Townsend, proprie-
tors of the Boston clothing store, loss
CSC, coo, fully insured; Peter Paul &
Bros, loss $50, 600, insured; Ulbrech 4
Kingsley $35, 600, insured; minor losses.
S10, 600.
SAVED BY BRAVE FIREMEN.
Chief Hornung of the fire department
says: The number of people rescued
by firemen was about twenty to TWEEN
ty-fiEe. We did all we could to rescue
them. We got two streams into the
corridor of the hotel, and at that mo-
ment the flames were shooting up that
big staircase and elevator beyond reach
of the hose. We tried to play both
streams upward on the fire, but there
was so much screaming of guests and
calls for help from the windows we
called of most of our men from the
hose and let the building go for while
giving all our attention to the ladders
"a oil 1
| the people, land the boys helped MAJ
| ladders on the outside. putting up TIVE
on main street side and short ones OF
Eagle Street. There was need fol
them, too. It was horrible sight t.
see people juming from every side
The cOol-h6aded ones were rescued al
right, but some wouldn't wait. Henri!
S. Rumsey was on the top story. HI
ran down one fight of stairs and start
ed for the rear window. Seeing littl
| girl in the hallway he returned, got he
and jumped with her in his arms ont,
| Bunnell's museum. The skin ant
beard on his face were burned off, AM
/ he was severely burned about the body
/ He will probably die. George Michaels
/ q commercial traveller, had a THRILLING
escape. He tried to get out by climb
ing hand over hand along an electr;
light cable to the roof of the museum
/ Tnr6e others got on the WIRE ana
broke down. Michaels fell abou
thirty-five feet but broke n
bones. j. C. Gilbert of New York
terribly burned. w. s. Dewey 0
Rochester was badly scorched about tn
face. F. w. Wood of Chicago made
rope of sheets and slid down in safety
escaping with few blisters. Anon
the brave deeds of the firemen was on
deserving special mention. DistriC
Engineer Edward Murphy was on
ladder rescuing some of the occupant
of the hotel. At the upper windo'
was one of the female domestics. Il
shouted to her to remain where she we
and he would come up and save he
The poor creature, frantic with terro
instead of obeying, leaped from IL
window and literally threw herself {
Murphy. This caused him to lose b
: balance on the ladder, but he hung O
with one hand and caught the gi
, around the neck, holding her firm
, until he could regain his equilibrium
when he slid down the ladder beariI
! her safely to the ground. No furtht
: bodies have been found at last accoun
, / and no other PERSONS are reports